Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt* Lucas Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Matt* Lucas Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Matt* Lucas The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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